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GIRLS SOCCER KELLY WINTER CLASSIC Chris Quinn Memorial Complex Schedule Today Group A Lake Charles St. Louis vs. Houston St. Pius, 5 p.m. Kelly vs. West Brook, 7 p.m. Group B Katy John Paul vs. Tomball Rosehill Christian, 5 p.m. Vidor vs. Port Neches-Groves, 7 p.m. Group C Ozen vs. Memorial, 5 p.m. Hardin-Jefferson vs. Bridge City, 7 p.m. Friday Group A Kelly vs. St. Louis, 9 a.m. St. Pius vs. West Brook, 11 a.m. St. Pius vs. Kelly, 2 p.m. West Brook vs. St. Louis, 4 p.m. Group B Rosehill Christian vs. Vidor, 9 a.m. PN-G vs. Katy John Paul, 11 a.m. PN-G vs. Rosehill Christian, 2 p.m. Vidor vs. Katy John Paul, 4 p.m. Group C Memorial vs. H-J, 9 a.m. Bridge City vs. Ozen, 11 a.m. H-J vs. Ozen, 2 p.m. Memorial vs. Bridge City, 4 p.m. Saturday Semifinals Group A winner vs. Top second-place team, 10 a.m. Group B winner vs. Group C winner, 10 a.m. Championship Semifinal winners, noon.

West Brook soccer star set to face former team in Kelly tourney By CHRISTOPHER DABE January, 7, 2009 Michelle Sladaritz might have a different approach than most of her West Brook girls soccer teammates tonight. A former Kelly soccer player, Sladaritz will see some old teammates when the Bruins face Kelly in the opening round of the Kelly Winter Classic at the Chris Quinn Memorial Soccer Complex. "It will be fun," said Sladaritz, the Lamar University-bound senior forward who led the Bruins with 30 goals last season. The three-day tournament includes 12 teams. Local teams in the tournament are Bridge City, Hardin-Jefferson, Kelly, Memorial, Ozen, Port Neches-Groves, Vidor and West Brook. The teams are divided into three groups of four. Each group champion and a second-place team with the most points advance to the semifinals Saturday. The championship is noon Saturday. This is not the first time Sladaritz will face her old school. West Brook won an early-season contest against the Bulldogs last season, she said. West Brook's first game this season is tonight. This is the first week the University Interscholastic League allows teams to play regular season games. A tournament championship is this weekend's goal, Sladaritz said. A playoff victory, which West Brook failed to get last season, is among season-long goals, she said. "We've been practicing since Dec. 1, so we got a solid three weeks in before the Christmas break," West Brook coach Todd McBride said. "We're coming along. Our scrimmages have been going well, and we should have a successful season." Sladaritz is not the only person in tonight's game to see things from both sidelines. Kelly coach Brittney Burdick once coached at West Brook, where she coached Sladaritz's older sister, Hillary. "There are probably some girls excited about tonight's game," Burdick said. *** GIRLS SOCCER KELLY WINTER CLASSIC Chris Quinn Memorial Complex Schedule Today Group A Lake Charles St. Louis vs. Houston St. Pius, 5 p.m. Kelly vs. West Brook, 7 p.m. Group B Katy John Paul vs. Tomball Rosehill Christian, 5 p.m. Vidor vs. Port Neches-Groves, 7 p.m. Group C Ozen vs. Memorial, 5 p.m. Hardin-Jefferson vs. Bridge City, 7 p.m. Friday Group A Kelly vs. St. Louis, 9 a.m. St. Pius vs. West Brook, 11 a.m. St. Pius vs. Kelly, 2 p.m. West Brook vs. St. Louis, 4 p.m. Group B Rosehill Christian vs. Vidor, 9 a.m. PN-G vs. Katy John Paul, 11 a.m. PN-G vs. Rosehill Christian, 2 p.m. Vidor vs. Katy John Paul, 4 p.m. Group C Memorial vs. H-J, 9 a.m. Bridge City vs. Ozen, 11 a.m. H-J vs. Ozen, 2 p.m. Memorial vs. Bridge City, 4 p.m. Saturday Semifinals Group A winner vs. Top second-place team, 10 a.m. Group B winner vs. Group C winner, 10 a.m. Championship Semifinal winners, noon.

Prep soccer season opens today By Tom Halliburton The Port Arthur News Some local high school soccer teams have awaited this weekend for a year, while others have really had only a handful of practice hours together. Ready or not, the 2009 UIL-sanctioned soccer games become official today with some area squads participating in weekend tournaments. Leave to one of the finest area soccer veterans to lead the way. Memorial girls soccer mentor Phil Mattingly takes his Lady Titans to Beaumont this afternoon for the Golden Triangle's opener, the Kelly Winter Classic. Memorial will test Beaumont Ozen today in the Kelly tournament at 5 p.m. Two hours later, the same tournament features an interesting matchup between Port Neches-Groves and Vidor at 7 p.m. Another area veteran, Nederland's Julie Johnson, takes her Lady Bulldogs back to Marble Falls for a 2:30 game on Friday against Lampasas in the Marble Falls tournament. The most demanding season opener may occur Friday for coach Don Sandell's PN-G boys when they will enter the Montgomery tournament against Houston Bellaire at 3 p.m. The last two teams to open the season -- Nederland's boys and Memorial's boys -- will collide with each other Friday night in Nederland's Bulldog Stadium at 7 p.m. The UIL's soccer realignment definitely has helped the playoff prospects for all six of these area schools. PN-G and Nederland are bunched with Beaumont Central, Beaumont Ozen, Little Cypress-Mauriceville and West Orange-Stark in the boys division of 38-4A with four of the six qualifying for the playoffs. Since WO-S does not compete in girls soccer, the 38-4A girls race contains only PN-G, Nederland, Central, Ozen and LC-M. So four of five advance into the post-season. Memorial is grouped in a six-team 21-5A league with West Brook, Lee, Sterling, North Shore and Channelview. Four of the six move on to the post-season. "I think our district lightened up a little bit, losing those three Humble schools," Titans head coach Brian Morgan said. "Humble is been so dominant in soccer." Mattingly is concerned that his defense holds up well enough although he likes his offensive trio of freshman Joanna Banda, sophomore Kristeen Reynolds, and junior Evelyn Torres.

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WOS Schedule DATE DAY OPPONENT PLACE TIME January 13th Friday Jasper Jasper 5:30 January 15/16 Thur/ Fri TBA Hudson TBA January 20th Tuesday Ham. Fannett Home 6:00 January 27th Tuesday Bridge City Home 6:00 February 10th Tuesday *Central Central 7:00 February 13th Friday *Nederland Home 6:00 February 17th Tuesday *Ozen Ozen 5:30 February 20th Friday *Port Neches / Groves Home 6:00 February 24th Tuesday *Little Cypress Mauriceville LCM 7:00 February 27th Friday *Central Home 6:00 March 3rd Tuesday *Nederland Nederland 7:00 March 6th Friday *Ozen Home 6:00 March 10th Tuesday *Port Neches / Groves PNG 7:00 March 13th Friday *Little Cypress Mauriceville Home 6:00

BRACKET: B GAME # GAME DATE GAME TIME HOME TEAM VISITING TEAM FIELD # 1/8/09 5pm B4 vs. B1 BT7 1/8/09 7pm B2 vs. B3 BT7 1/9/09 9am B1 vs. B2 BT8 1/9/09 11am B3 vs. B4 BT8 1/9/09 2pm B3 vs. B1 BT8 1/9/09 4pm B2 vs. B4 SS2 Team Coach B1 Tomball Rosehill Christian Len Shelby 281-351-8114 B2 Vidor Carrie Sherrod 409-781-2148 B3 Port Neches Groves Aimee Bates 409-932-4253 B4 Pope John Paul-Katy Sophia Mundy 281-693-1000 BRACKET: C GAME # GAME DATE GAME TIME HOME TEAM VISITING TEAM FIELD # 1/8/09 5pm C1 vs. C2 SS2 1/8/09 7pm C3 vs. C4 SS2 1/9/09 9am C2 vs. C3 BT7 1/9/09 11am C4 vs. C1 BT7 1/9/09 2pm C3 vs. C1 BT7 1/9/09 4pm C2 vs. C4 BT7 Team Coach C1 Ozen Julie Carona 409-893-1492 C2 Memorial Coach Mattingly 409-626-2059 C3 Hardin Jefferson Terri Smith 409-981-6430 ext.3134 C4 Bridge City Crystal Jones 409-293-9652 BRACKET: A GAME # GAME DATE GAME TIME HOME TEAM VISITING TEAM FIELD # 1/8/09 5pm A2 vs. A3 SS1 1/8/09 7pm A4 vs. A1 SS1 1/9/09 9am A1 vs. A2 BT19 1/9/09 11am A3 vs. A4 BT19 1/9/09 2pm A3 vs. A1 BT19 1/9/09 4pm A2 vs. A4 SS1 Team Coach A1 Beaumont Kelly Brittney Burdick 409-201-2322 A2 Lake Charles- St. Louis Catholic HS Jason Oertling A3 Houston St. Pius Jennifer Allen A4 Beaumont West Brook Todd McBride 512-393-4159 SEMI-FINALS Semi-Final 1/10/09 10am High Point A vs. * Runner up High Poing BT7 Semi-Final 1/10/09 10am High Point B vs. High Point C BT8 * Wildcard is overall runner up in points from all brackets….. FINALS Final 1/10/09 12pm Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2 BT7

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The Willie Ray Smith Awards Banquet is on Thursday, January 15th 6:30

Guy Morriss New Football Coach at A&M-Commerce... Guy Morriss has been introduced as the next head football coach at Texas A&M-Commerce. Morriss replaces Scotty Conley, who was fired after a 24-27 record over 5-years in Commerce. Morris most recently has been the offensive line coach at Kentucky State, a Division II program, after his time as head coach in Waco, from 2003-2007 when the Bears were 18-40. Morris graduated from TCU in 1973, spent 15-years in the NFL with the Eagles, ('73-'83), and Patriots, ('84-'87). He was at the University of Kentucky prior to his tenure at Baylor, where he was 9-14 in 2-years. Texas A&M Commerce was 5-5 last season, but has a long history with 44-players who have played in the National Football League.

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